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Pál Pálffy ab Erdőd 1592-1653

He was Geheimrat, Chamberlain, the first Perpetual count of Pozsony County and Captain of the Royal Castle (in Pressburg, today Bratislava, Slovakia). Between 1646 and 1649 he was Judge royal under Emperor Ferdinand III. In 1649 he became Palatine of Hungary and in 1650 Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Size 6 x 9 cms
Price £14.00

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982

Stephen I of Hungary 975-1038

Stephen I, also known as King Saint Stephen, was the last Grand Prince of the Hungarians between 997 and 1000 or 1001, and the first King of Hungary from 1000 or 1001 until his death in 1038. The year of his birth is uncertain, but many details of his life suggest that he was born in or after 975 in Esztergom.
Artist: Matthias van Sommern fl.1643-1672
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Size 14 x 22 cms
Price £28.00

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2698

Stephan Pálffy von Erdöd 1585-1646

Stephan II [István] Count Pálffy [Palfy, Balvi] of Erdöd June 1585 Bibersburg-29.5.1646 Vienna], successor of his father Nicholas II [10.9.1552 Csábrágh-23.4.1600 Cervený Kameň, married to Maria Magdalena Fugger von Kirchberg und Weißenhorn [30.4.1566-295.1646], a daughter of Baron Markus Fugger [Marx Fugger) von der Lilie [14.2.1529-18.6.1597) in Augsburg[4] and Countess Sybilla von Eberstein [1531-1589], as High Count of Pressburg, also Crown Guardian and Imperial Councillor, was in 1634 in the raised to the rank of Hungarian count.
He was an imperial colonel of the light cavalry. In 1632 he had raised 1,000 Hungarian throws.
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Size 6 x 10 cms
Price £14.00

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